Fitting a fitting, or something...

I needed to attach something to my air cleaner.

At the top there's a space to make a fitting for a PCV hose.

The fitting to be mounted.

Drill holes...

... and mount the fitting.

I went to my car to put the air cleaner back on top of my engine. While waiting for the bus home my colleague Paul cycled past. It was fun seeing him :-)

After a few hours at home I took the bus to Simone again.

Lunch with Paul and Maaike

I went to town around noon.

I had a lunch date with Paul and Maaike and waited for them on Dam square.

After lunch we walked towards the Munt tower. I quickly showed them a little hidden gem of Amsterdam. I little hidden square called the "Begijnenhof".

In the evening I decided where to put my leftover "door" in my new IKEA cupboard. Can you guess which is the new one? ;-)

Der Hansie

Sometimes when I need a break I visit Paul on the other side of the building where his office is. he was incredibly busy today. A-huh ;-)

After work I ran in to my ex-colleague Hans who travelled through Asia for about a year or almost a year, can't remember. He was looking well but also a lot thinner! Maybe I should go to Asia for a year as well...

Tonight for dinner I made a salad out of leaves, goat's cheese, a drizzle of honey, a bit of crispy baked bacon and pine nuts. very nice!

The lens test

On my way to work I was greeted by the Swan family. The kids are getting big now but their wings are still little. I guess they are the least important part to grow right now.

Docked crane ship next door.

This is my camera equipment. So far I'm very happy with my new zoom lens (left most).

During lunch I went for a small walk with Paul to test the lens.

Lens testing pictures below :-)

On my way home I spotted some other bird families. This is one of the Grebe families. 2 babies are left out of the original 4.

Young Nile geese.

The "Psycho Cowboy" submarine.

My ferry.

Good morning

I was having a pretty rough morning. I was very fast asleep, dreamed something really stupid and woke up with a headache and floppy legs. Thankfully it got better during the day.

I'm caring for my colleague Tanja's plant as well now while she's got holidays. It's only little still.

Björn was the reception window victim du jour.

This ship, the Ocean Orc can submerge a few metres and then lift stuff out of the water. That's why it's got this shape. Pretty neat!

I played squash with my colleague Paul today who kicked my ass to say the least, but not as much as he used to! His condition must have gotten really bad! ;-)

At museumplein they're preparing for the cultural festival "De uitmarkt".

The oak tree

We had a little leak at work. Was fixed quickly.

The reception desk never fails to lure people. Kim had to try.

Paul stuck his head through for the Nth time. He loves it I think.

The other day, at home, I had noticed an oak tree growing from between two concrete plates behind my house. Quite an amazing place to start growing from. I love trees so I wanted to give it a better home.

I gave it a big pot with fresh dirt. I hope he'll like it.

In the evening I went in to town with Marjolein. I had a very nice evening. We had dinner at Waga's, coffee and cake at Schiller's and drink at Mulligans :-)

On our way to Mulligans we walked past Mr Tong's restaurant to see if Collins was there, but he was not.

Seven of nine is back!

My squash colleague Paul had his birthday on Saturday and brought some home-made cakes to work.

A cake tree! Wish I had one of my own...

Mail was delivered for me at work. I wonder what would be in it!

The weather was shit, as it happens in this country...

The package contained series 4 of Star Trek Voyager! YAY! 7of9! 7of9! 7of9! :-)

The squash tournament

Tonight I organised a squash tournament for 21 colleagues and myself. It was real nice and everything ran smoothly. Eh?

My first game was the only one I won. I could blame it on the cold that I had on the weekend but others were often a lot better than me. Which is fine coz it gives me a challenge.

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Action shot of my colleague Paul going deep to get the ball.

There were always a few people resting.

My colleague Tanja kept track of the scores. She did a fantastic job for which I am very grateful because I could not have done it myself.

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The final was nuts. People were so tired after playing for nearly 3 hours (inc. breaks) that they were almost dropping dead. The people that made it in to the top 4 are very, very fit.